Ratios of S, Se and Te in the silicate Earth require a volatile-rich late veneer

Nature

Volumn 499, Issue 7458, 2013, Pages 328-331

  Wang, Zaicong ^a   Becker, Harry ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHALCOGEN; HYDROGEN; SELENIUM; SILICATE; SULFUR; TELLURIUM; VOLATILE AGENT; WATER;

CARBON; CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; HYDROGEN; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; SELENIUM; SIDEROPHILE ELEMENT; SILICATE; SULFUR; TELLURIUM; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

ARTICLE; DILUTION; FRACTIONATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84880447542     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature12285     Document Type: Article

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